The New Article 1254 of the Civil Code: What Are the Issues? (in french)

Registration required:

On Thursday 19 February 2026, the new Research Dauphine Law Lab of Université Paris Dauphine – PSL is organising a conference dedicated to the new Article 1254 of the Civil Code and the issues it raises. The presentations and round tables will successively address the origins of the provision, its interpretation, its impact on civil liability, as well as its implementation across different branches of law. The afternoon will conclude with a session devoted to private international law.

Practical information

• Date: Thursday 19 February 2026
• Venue: Raymond Aron Lecture Hall, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
• Address: Place du Maréchal de Lattre de Tassigny, 75116 Paris

Programme

• 1:30 pm – Participants welcome
• 2:00 pm – Opening remarks
  Sophie Lemaire, Director of the DRJ, Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
• 2:10 pm – The origins of the article
  Anne Danis-Fatôme, Professor at Université Paris Nanterre
• 2:30 pm – Exegesis of the article
  Sarah Bros, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
• 2:50 pm – The impact of the article on civil liability
  Jean-Sébastien Borghetti, Professor at Université Paris Panthéon-Assas
• 3:10 pm – Discussion with the audience
• 3:20 pm – Break
• 3:45 pm – Implementing the article: criminal law, civil procedure and administrative law – Round table
  Christophe André, Associate Professor at Université Versailles Saint-Quentin
  Soraya Amrani Mekki, Professor at Sciences Po Paris
  Pascal Beauvais, Professor at Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne
  Ferdi Youta, Professor at Université de Bourgogne Europe
• 4:30 pm – European and comparative law perspectives – Round table
  Duncan Fairgrieve, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
  Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Partner, Signature Litigation
  Eleonora Rajneri, Professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)
• 5:15 pm – Issues in private international law
  Sophie Lemaire, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
  Juliette Morel-Maroger, Professor at Université Paris Dauphine – PSL
• 5:45 pm – Discussion with the audience
• 6:00 pm – Cocktail reception